The blob meets the incredible shrinking man
There aren’t enough directors to go around. Demand for directors, especially independents, is growing like the monster in the...
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Boardroom archive
How they do it at Pitney Bowes
Pinning down a typical day at the office of Pitney Bowes’ corporate secretary is no small feat. That’s because when you’re talking...
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Inside Nasdaq
The Nasdaq stock market is known worldwide as the leading market for trading tech stocks. But the New York-based electronic stock...
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Fine line between audit and non-audit
In the thick of last year’s proxy season, Calpers told its portfolio companies – some 3,000 firms – that it would oppose the...
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Agent of change
It has been said people are necessary to bring about change, and institutions to make change take root. David Beatty is taking no...
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Meeting success head-on
All successful annual general meetings resemble each other – and each botched one is a disaster in its own way. In an investment...
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C-level change
Before Enron, before Sarbanes-Oxley, corporate secretaries spent a good deal of their time on corporate governance issues. In the...
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Luxury of choice?
Corporate issuers are placing more demands on their stock transfer agents than ever before, and their top requirements are that...
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Breaking the proxy voting circuit
In theory, it all seems so simple. An IR manager has a meeting with a portfolio manager and asks about the way he or she is likely...
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An annual report roadmap
It seems to be the singular fate of the annual report to inspire controversy. In any given year, it’s possible to find an expert...
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